Sustaining South African Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Through Monetary Access and Literacy in the COVID-19 ERA

Msomi Thabiso Sthembiso (), Olarewaju Odunayo Magret () and Ngcobo Xolani ()
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Msomi Thabiso Sthembiso: Department of Management Accounting, Faculty of Accounting and Informatics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Olarewaju Odunayo Magret: Department of Management Accounting, Faculty of Accounting and Informatics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Ngcobo Xolani: Department of Management Accounting, Faculty of Accounting and Informatics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2021, vol. 21, issue 2, 57-75

Abstract: Research background: Monetary access and literacy are significant factors of concern confronting the survival and sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises. Purpose: This led to this paper seeking to understand the impact monetary access and monetary literacy have on the sustainability of SMEs in the COVID-19 era. Research methodology: The method was employed by this study is a quantitative research method, which is supported by a positivism research paradigm. Data was collected using a questionnaire completed by 310 sampled participants. Using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences to analyse data, descriptive, the Pearson correlation and regression analyses were used to estimate the model. Results: The Pearson correlation indicated a positive and significant correlation between monetary access and monetary literacy to the sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (r = 0.564). The result indicated that some small and medium-sized enterprises do possess basic monetary skills while some do not. A significant number of small and medium-sized enterprises do not understand basic monetary terms, which justifies the lack of monetary literacy. Novelty: The study recommends that government agencies that assist with business registration should include a monetary training course as part of registration formalities. Further to that, the study recommended that government, banks and other business support institutions should simplify support programmes for the prosperity of small and medium-sized enterprises during and post COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Monetary Access; monetary Literary; small and medium-sized enterprises; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/foli-2021-0016

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